Owen Day, 60, 31 Years With Lauderdale Police

OBITUARIES

Owen Edgar Day, a retired Fort Lauderdale police captain, died on Monday during heart surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach. He was 60.

Mr. Day had suffered from heart disease for several years, said his wife, Linda Day.

Mr. Day, born in Indianapolis, was 14 when his family moved to Broward County in 1949. He graduated from St. Anthony High School in Fort Lauderdale, now St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

After a stint in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, Mr. Day returned to Fort Lauderdale and joined the Police Department. He served as supervisor of internal affairs under former Police Chief Ron Cochran and retired in 1989 as a captain after 31 years on the force.

Mr. Day was an active member and trustee of Plantation B.P.O.E. Lodge 2273. In addition to his wife, Mr. Day is survived by a son, Owen E. Day, of Plantation; two daughters, Cheryl Hall, of Fort Lauderdale, and Dana Day-Pyles, of Plantation; a sister, Carol Day, of Fort Lauderdale; and four nieces.

There will be a visitation from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at T.M. Ralph Plantation Funeral Home, 7001 NW Fourth St., Plantation. Elks services will begin at 8 p.m. Friday.